Eight children taken to hospital after seizure-like symptoms at church concert
About 70 other people who attended the concert at St Paul's Parish in Harvard Square were not affected.
Crews first received a call about a child suffering from a seizure. When firefighters arrived, the child was sitting outside the church but was not actively having a seizure, fire chief Thomas Cahill said.
'That quickly escalated into seven other people having seizure-like symptoms,' Mr Cahill told WCVB-TV.
The department's hazmat team 'completed a thorough survey of the St Paul buildings utilising several air sampling meters to ensure that no hazardous conditions were present', a statement said. 'Results were negative and the buildings were ventilated.'
St Paul's Facebook Page said a French youth choir was offering a free concert at the church on Tuesday night as part of its US tour.
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